Harlan R. Jessup
25 Taunton Ridge, Newtown, CT 06470
Records of thirty six Newtown marriages performed between
1794 and 1810 by Justice of the Peace David Baldwin were recently discovered in
the Julia H. Brush Genealogical Collection of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library in
Newtown. Previously unpublished, they do not appear in town or church records.
The certificates on small slips of paper, sometimes written on both sides, had
long ago been pasted into a scrapbook. Careful removal from the scrapbook pages
by Gary Wait of the Connecticut Historical Society has enabled us to read them
all.
Though he did not affix his
signature, David Baldwin wrote several of the records on the reverse of his
accounts for judicial services. The significance of his varied phrasing is not
known: “Administered the Marriage Covenant,” “Solemnized a consummation of the
Marriage Covenant,” “Joined together in Marriage,” “Administered in ratifying a
Covenant of Matrimony,” and, in one case, “Solemnly authenticated the
Marriage Covenant.” Notations in addition to names and dates are listed here as
“other.”
For additions and corrections
to some 250 death records for Newtown see “Newtown, CT, Bills of Mortality,
1797-1821: a Supplement to the Barbour Index” in The Connecticut Nutmegger,
29(1996):395-407, by this transcriber.
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Date |
Names |
Other |
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4
Oct 1801 |
BARNUM, Doctr Eder
& Polly SHEPARD |
at
Doctr G.
Shepards |
|
26
May 1805 |
BEACH, Amos (a negro boy) & Massa HILL |
at
the house of Wd Mahitable
Peck |
|
|
—a
certificate in the following words from the Wd. & son of Hez. Beach
deceased—to wit: “Huntington, May 13th 1805,
This is to certify that Amos a Negro boy belonging to the estate of Hezh Beach
has our leave to marry a black girl named Massa Hill. /s/ Shelton Beach,
Mary Beach. |
|
|
28
Sep 1794 |
BENNITT, Anna & Ezra GLOVER |
See notes under Ezra Glover |
|
19
Dec 1798 |
BENNITT, James & Rue SANFORD |
at
Saml Sanfords |
|
22
Mar 1795 |
BOOTH, Rachel & Simeon GLOVER |
Sunday |
|
2
Jun 1803 |
BOOTH, Alonzo & Volusia GLOVER |
at
Cap. Sol. Glovers |
|
29
Jan 1795 |
BOTSFORD, Annis & Daniel FERRIS |
he
of New Milford, Thursday |
|
15
Jan 1799 |
BOTSFORD, Gideon Bennitt & Betsey CLARK |
at
Gidn Botsfords |
|
13
Nov 1799 |
BOTSFORD, Martin & Martha HAWLEY |
at
Henry Woods |
|
23
Jan 1800 |
BOTSFORD, Jane & Abner PECK |
at
the house of her father Mr Gideon
Botsford |
|
2
Mar 1802 |
BOTSFORD, John, Jun. & Polly Ann HARD |
at
Amon Hards |
|
13
Dec 1804 |
BOTSFORD, Mary Ann & Isaac BURCH |
at
the house of Clement Botsford |
|
3
Mar 1808 |
BOTSFORD, Hersy[?] & John DIBBLE |
he
of Danbury, at the house of her father Clement Botsford |
|
13
Dec 1804 |
BURCH, Isaac & Mary Ann BOTSFORD |
at
the house of Clement Botsford |
|
15
Jan 1799 |
CLARK, Betsey & Gideon Bennitt BOTSFORD |
at
Gidn Botsfords |
|
11
Jun 1808 |
CROFUT, Anna & Samuel SHERWOOD |
at
the house of her father Elihu Crofut |
|
3
Mar 1808 |
DIBBLE, John & Hersy[?] BOTSFORD |
he
of Danbury, at the house of her father Clement Botsford |
|
28
Oct 1805 |
DIMON, Betsey & Constantine ROWELL |
at
my own house |
|
14
Mar 1799 |
FAIRCHILD, Stephen & Ruth FOOT |
|
|
29
Jan 1795 |
FERRIS, Daniel & Annis BOTSFORD |
he
of New Milford, Thursday |
|
25
Feb 1798 |
FERRIS, Daniel & Jerusha GLOVER |
|
|
14
Mar 1799 |
FOOT, Ruth & Stephen FAIRCHILD |
|
|
11
Feb 1802 |
FOOT, Peter & Martha TIFF |
at
Peter Foot’s |
|
11
Oct 1803 |
FOOT, David & Sucky [Sukey] UNDERHILL |
at
John Und[er]hills |
|
16
Sep 1810 |
FOOT, Aurelia & Zerah MASTERS |
at
the house of James Foot |
|
2
Jun 1804 |
GILLET, Lois & John STILSON |
at
Wd Parmalees |
|
28
Sep 1794 |
GLOVER, Ezra & Anna BENNITT |
Sunday evening about 6 oClock, |
|
|
according to the Rites & ceremonies of the Episcopal Church at the house of
Abel Bennitt |
|
|
22
Mar 1795 |
GLOVER, Simeon & Rachel BOOTH |
Sunday |
|
25
Feb 1798 |
GLOVER, Jerusha & Daniel FERRIS |
|
|
2
Aug 1801 |
GLOVER, Simeon & Mary GREGORY |
at
my house |
|
2
Jun 1803 |
GLOVER, Volusia & Alonzo BOOTH |
at
Cap. Sol. Glovers |
|
14
Feb 1804 |
GLOVER, Esther Ann & Amos GRIFFIN |
at
Elias Glovers |
|
5
Feb 1810 |
GLOVER, James & Sarah PECK |
at
the house of James Beach Fairman |
|
2
Aug 1801 |
GREGORY, Mary & Simeon GLOVER |
at
my house |
|
22
Dec 1799 |
GRIFFIN, Ebenezer & Polly Ann PECK |
at
Isaac Pecks |
|
14
Feb 1804 |
GRIFFIN, Amos & Esther Ann GLOVER |
at
Elias Glovers |
|
3
Feb 1794 |
HARD, Elizabeth & Cyrenius PECK |
Monday morning about 101/2
oClock |
|
2
Mar 1802 |
HARD, Polly Ann & John BOTSFORD, Jun. |
at
Amon Hards |
|
8
Sep 1799 |
HAWLEY, Salmon & Olive WHEELER |
Revd. Wheler being present & |
|
|
ingaging to indemnify me against all harm &c. Asa Chapman & Benjm Curtis
&c being present as Witnesses |
|
|
13
Nov 1799 |
HAWLEY, Martha & Martin BOTSFORD |
at
Henry Woods |
|
11
May 1801 |
HENDRIX, John & Hannah SUMMERS |
at
John Summerses |
|
23
Oct 1804 |
HENDRIX, Betty & Daniel WINTON |
at
the house of Ezra Peck |
|
19
Jun 1796 |
HILL, Seth & Polly STILSON |
on
Sunday, he of Huntington |
|
26
May 1805 |
HILL, Massa & Amos BEACH (a negro boy) |
See notes under Beach |
|
19
Nov 1803 |
JOHNSON, John & Clarry PECK |
at
the house of her father John Peck |
|
17
May 1810 |
LEWIS, Elizabeth & William NORTHROP |
dau. of Abijah Lewis of Huntington at the house of Elijah Sanford |
|
16
Sep 1810 |
MASTERS, Zerah & Aurelia FOOT |
at
the house of James Foot |
|
11
Jan 1795 |
NORTHROP Lewis & [blank] NORTHROP |
Sunday evening |
|
17
May 1810 |
NORTHROP, William & Elizabeth LEWIS |
dau. of Abijah Lewis of Huntington at the house of Elijah Sanford |
|
3
Jul 1796 |
PARMALEE, Hannah & Gershom SUMMERS |
on
Sunday |
|
3
Feb 1794 |
PECK, Cyrenius & Elizabeth HARD |
Monday morning about 101/2
oClock |
|
6
Nov 1794 |
PECK, Lucinda & Doctr Gideon
SHEPARD |
at
the house of Ashur Peck |
|
13
Jan 1797 |
PECK, Esther & Jonathan WHITE |
he
of Fishkill |
|
22
Dec 1799 |
PECK, Polly Ann & Ebenezer GRIFFIN |
at
Isaac Pecks |
|
23
Jan 1800 |
PECK, Abner & Jane BOTSFORD |
at
the house of her father Mr Gideon
Botsford |
|
19
Nov 1803 |
PECK, Clarry & John JOHNSON |
at
the house of her father John Peck |
|
5
Feb 1810 |
PECK, Sarah & James GLOVER |
at
the house of James Beach Fairman |
|
28
Oct 1805 |
ROWELL, Constantine & Betsey DIMON |
at
my own house |
|
19
Dec 1798 |
SANFORD, Rue & James BENNITT |
at
Saml Sanfords |
|
6
Nov 1794 |
SHEPARD, Doctr Gideon
& Lucinda PECK |
at
the house of Ashur Peck |
|
4
Oct 1801 |
SHEPARD, Polly & Doctr Eder
BARNUM |
at
Doctr G.
Shepards |
|
11
Jun 1808 |
SHERWOOD, Samuel & Anna CROFUT |
at
the house of her father Elihu Crofut |
|
19
Jun 1796 |
STILSON, Polly & Seth HILL |
on
Sunday, he of Huntington |
|
2
Jun 1804 |
STILSON, John & Lois GILLET |
at
Wd Parmalees |
|
3
Jul 1796 |
SUMMERS, Gershom & Hannah PARMALEE |
on
Sunday |
|
11
May 1801 |
SUMMERS, Hannah & John HENDRIX |
at
John Summerses |
|
11
Feb 1802 |
TIFF, Martha & Peter FOOT |
at
Peter Foot’s |
|
11
Oct 1803 |
UNDERHILL, Sucky [Sukey] & David FOOT |
at
John Und[er]hills |
|
8
Sep 1799 |
WHEELER, Olive & Salmon HAWLEY |
See notes under Salmon Hawley |
|
13
Jan 1797 |
WHITE, Jonathan & Esther PECK |
he
of Fishkill |
|
23
Oct 1804 |
WINTON, Daniel & Betty HENDRIX |
at
the house of Ezra Peck |
